Power stering fluid drops too fast.

Tiny
JUAN TORONO
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  • 1994 LEXUS LS 400
  • V8
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 185,000 MILES
On a 1994 lexus ls 400 power stering fluid drops every day I have fill up, I see a drop once in a while from the mittle of a power stering boot, I dont see drops on the floor, every morning I see smoke come out of the tail pipe for about a 15 secons and sometimes during the day. L dont know were my problem is please help thanks. If I had to replace the rack and pinion how hard is it to replace? Thank you.
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 AT 10:41 AM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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The oil smoke on start up may well be a problem with valve stem seals, this is a fairly common problem, this will not be the loss of steering fluid, if there is oil in the boot of the rack, this will be a end seal slowly leaking, the rack will have to come out to fix this.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 AT 11:00 AM

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